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There is a growing argument for a different kind of political movement – one that seeks to build on the principles of the community independent...
Thanks to an ill-timed stunt at the Press Club by activist group GetUp, the One Nation leader got exactly what she came for.
The government has inadvertently underwritten a tobacco crime wave and is now trying to plug the revenue hole by increasing taxes on capital income.
New chairman Kevin Warsh’s first big act should be to hike rates. By keeping therm near zero, he is in adding fuel to both consumer and asset price...
The government assumes investors will calmly migrate from established housing into off-the-plan developments. But investors are not pieces on a...
Any relief over the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold interest rates will be strictly temporary given the problems facing the Australian economy.
Not wanting to be seen as political is admirable, but this is no time for Michele Bullock and her team to go back into their shell with inflation...
The Reserve Bank has no choice but to slow the economy. But that will only worsen the deep cracks in our economic and political foundations.
It’s a shame that so few politicians today possess the courage to have hard conversations about their policies and let their ideas stand on their...
If the pact is the right answer for Australia, it will withstand examination. If it cannot, that is something Australians need to know now, not in...
Nuclear-powered submarines are not being acquired because Australia is seeking conflict but because it is a maritime trading country.
Fifty years on from signing the NARA agreement, ties between Tokyo and Canberra remain crucial for regional stability, maritime security and energy...
Washington is treating advanced models as guarded national assets, meaning Canberra must leverage its data infrastructure to protect its economic...
Donald Trump cannot allow his instinct for self-congratulation to override the absolute need to carefully defuse the many minefields that lie ahead...
The $3.9 billion Lionheart project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley will extract lithium from hot brine in underground reservoirs.
Research by Alison Booth shows risk-taking is not biologically innate, showing how environments can be altered to push talented women into elite...
Leading workers through the upheaval of this world-altering technology is shaping up to be a test for the ages.
ANZ chief executive Nuno Matos has bluntly warned that the nation’s obsession with safety is choking its economic growth.
While the victory of accountant Steven Bendel over the ATO is being celebrated as a win for taxpayers, key questions remain.
The investment bank’s dealmakers are expected to embark on several acquisitions over the next 12 months, while the fund manager’s staff brace for...
The reforms were a catharsis that contributed to a mostly positive cultural shift across the financial sector, but also spawned some unintended...
The fear of “crashing the economy” by raising interest rates too much pales in comparison with what is emerging in Australia’s political economy.
After raising the cash rate at consecutive meetings – and at the risk of appearing to double down – there is definitely scope for the RBA to pause...
Assisting members into their own homes so they do not have to pay rent in retirement would go a long way to maximising their expected post-work...
Elon Musk has shot for the stars with the first of three huge AI-based floats that ask investors to believe the companies can boldly go where no one...
Melbourne appears to be getting an edge over its northern rival. But other cities are pitching hard too and the backlash about energy and water...
One Nation’s policies do not add up financially and would likely be economically disastrous. The major parties must present a proper plan to restore...
The impact of mass migration is now at the red-hot centre of social division across Western countries. Australia is no exception.
Voters flocking to One Nation, for now at least, don’t care about policy details or Pauline Hanson’s ability to run the country in this age of...
Strayans are not pitted against foreigners. The mob we’re pitted against is each other.
We must have an honest conversation about a condition that can describe both a successful media personality and a person who will need lifelong care.
The question is whether our political class can overcome self-imposed barriers on energy, planning and copyright to seize this golden opportunity...
The initial public offering would be a far cleaner deal if SpaceX were made up of just its rocket launch and satellite business.
The commissioner’s recent declaration that trans women can be considered potentially pregnant had every hairdresser talking, and not in a way that...
The Albanese government must stop wasting consultancy crises and fix a glaring regulatory black hole that leaves workers in the dark.
The UK now presents as a tribalised tinderbox. The challenges emerging here may not be as serious, but they are also no cause for complacency.
Community and environmental groups are starting to reframe the facilities as energy-intensive industrial developments competing with households and...
The resurgence of open warfare in the Middle East exposes the increasing vulnerability of the Australian economy.
The risk for BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue is not a sudden collapse in demand from Beijing. Rather, it’s a gradual erosion of their collective...
With desperate Labor and One Nation breathing down their neck, the Coalition simply cannot wait until the election campaign itself to spell out...
Consolidating the sector into a few large providers is the opposite of what is needed. The future lies with participants who are supported to manage...
With questions on notice more than tripling since 2022, the growing administrative burden of parliamentary scrutiny must be diverting vital resources...
Finding savings in the $52 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme was always going to create losers, attract fierce lobbying and test political...
Allan’s Labor government is on the nose with Victorian voters and her own colleagues are mulling whether to replace her ahead of the November...
We can’t lay all the red tape blame at the feet of hapless bureaucrats or politicians. The desire for more oversight ultimately stems from our risk...
We confront a crisis of national confidence and the sense that our political order and institutions are not equal to today’s internal and external...
US government debt and the size of the collateral-based non-bank financial intermediaries sector need to lose weight. This should come first.
An end to negative gearing for established dwellings, alongside tighter residential lending limits, may make commercial property more attractive to...
Israel’s leader faces a very difficult choice. Does he call off strikes against Iran and Hezbollah or does he defy the US president and endanger the...
The prospect of a Rockefeller-like figure such as Elon Musk ruling the galaxy will sit uncomfortably with many. But the West has few alternatives.